I have already paid for a course that will start in September to become a certified hypnotist, which lasts 3 months, 4x a week, and exams. I spoke with Kathy Moore, the instructor, and she is familiar with lucid dreaming and recognized Steven LaBerge's name immediately. We will be able to pick a subject of focus, and I will be doing development of the mind and body through lucid dreaming.

I am going to start my research early, and have been reading "Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming", which helped me have a lucid last night. I will make Lucid Dreaming my specialization. My question is how should I approach this. I know the course will teach me a lot, but would be good to get some advice here about what hypotheses I can test.

I am soon going to be studying Japanese as well, but had also wanted to work on artwork, and do martial arts. Would there be a scientific way of researching and progressing through my lucid dreaming studies? I don't have the aid of a sleep lab, so will do things naturally. Perhaps I can track progress of a certain skill.

The class that is coming up will cover many of the same topics shown here: http://mooreinspire.com/hypnosis_school_calendar.html